FARM AID COMES TO SPAC: The big concert news last week was ... that the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs would be extending its season all the way to Saturday, Sept. 21. The even bigger news is the reason why: this year's Farm Aid Music and Food Festival is happening there on that date. The big names on the Farm Aid board — Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews — will all perform, along with several more names to be added later. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, June 28, but are already available to Farm Aid members.

BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU STEP: Electronica duo Blood On the Dance Floor, based in Phoenix (because, why not?), make a trip to the Upstate Concert Hall in Clifton Park on Thursday, Sept. 19. Along for the ride are Heavy Grinder and Farewell My Love. Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Friday.

THE KATZ WILL PLAY:Steve Katz, former Schenectady boy, was in the Blues Project, a short-lived but influential late-'60s psychedelic jam band, kind of the East Coast yin to the Grateful Dead's West Coast yang. That was before he helped found Blood, Sweat and Tears and eventually embarked on a decades-long career as a producer. He recently announced a show at The Linda in Albany, and now he adds another at Bearsville Theater in Woodstock on Friday, Aug. 9. He promises a mix of blues, rock and spoken word as he traces nearly 50 years of music.

A COUPLE OF CROONERS: Twin brothers Will and Anthony Nunziata perform standards, show tunes and contemporary songs. But also expect a few laughs when they play the Charles R. Wood Theater in Glens Falls on Friday, Aug. 23: the New York City natives also have loads of stand-up experience and have trained in improvisational comedy with the Upright Citizen's Brigade.